Jack Chang - Underground Sound

DJ History (1997 to present)

"I am the darkest sound. I am the tribal spirit behind the speakers. I am the underground sound. I am Jack Chang."

Trained in classical music for over eleven years, Jack Chang first took to the decks at the Freedom Café, London. Following a successful year there, Jack's funky house beginning rewarded him with his first residency at Love Muscle, at The Fridge in London. Jack soon saw that the funky house sound was becoming stale and he began to search for a new, more challenging sound. In 2000 he took up residency headlining the main room of UP (Underground Party) at the Rhythm Factory and rocked London's East-End with the sound of underground NY house. A more rhythmic sound began to emerge, and following a successful two years, he then appeared at the notorious FIST club in London. Seamlessly blending sounds from across Europe, the US and Asia, a more intense, hypnotic, tribal sound inspired by DJs such as Chus & Ceballos, Deep Dish and DJ Vibe began to emerge, infused with his own heritage.

Word spread quickly, and since 2003 Jack has become renowned in the global dance world with his unique blend of Latin/Asian underground house. In 2003 his debut in the US at Palm Springs for the Hustlaball Pool Party was a thrilling success, and his European debut in Germany at Folsom Europe's first ever closing party, PiG Berlin, attracted over 1400 men. Later that year Berlin saw Jack's return for Hustlaball at the infamous KitKat Club. The European circuit quickly took up interest and soon followed his appearance at the renowned Project-X party in Berlin in 2004.

Jack's success is not due to a single sound - his rhythmic, hypnotic sounds have been adapted to a more vocal, uplifting sound for mainstream events such as the Loveball in Barcelona and Greenkomm in Cologne, but his real success has been keeping the crowds at the biggest fetish events in Europe thrilled with his dark tribal beats. His clockwork mixing technique has both delighted and thrilled dance addicts and the fetish crowd, and also drawn both admiration and envy from fellow DJs around the world.

The latest highlights of this year so far include headlining The Dome at Sydney Mardi Gras, Playgrounds in Amsterdam, with continued appearances at his residency in Rapido, also in Amsterdam. Jack has both the honour and pleasure of working with Folsom Europe once again to headline PiG Berlin - the biggest European men-only party!

Gigography

  • ColdFunky @ Freedom Café, London
  • Beauty Bar @ Fridge Bar, London
  • Fluid @ Fluid, London
  • Love Muscle @ Fridge, London
  • There @ Heaven, London
  • Winner of 1998 UrbanTorque OpenDecks Competition @ Heaven, London
  • Androgynous @ Viaduct, London
  • Up @ The Rhythm Factory, Rouge, The Temple, London
  • Lush @ The Office, London
  • Fist @ Imperial Gardens, London
  • Fridays @ Belushis, Camden, London
  • Red Hanky Club @ Crash, London
  • LondonReds Hanky Club @ The Hoist, London
  • Monday Nights @ Soho Athletic, London
  • Saturday evenings @ Jubilee Hall, London
  • Ultra:MusicaDolce @ The Medicine Bar, London
  • World AIDS Day Event @ Crash, London
  • RoB Leather 10th Anniversary @ Crash, London
  • Woo! @ 3 New Burlington Street, London
  • Gorgeous, Portsmouth
  • Hustlaball @ KitKat, Berlin
  • After Hours @ Midnight Sun, Berlin
  • HardOn @ The Wicked Club, Crash, London
  • VIP Tent @ Big Gay Out, Pride, London
  • Rentboy Pool Party, Palm Springs, LA
  • Project X @ Pfefferberg Haus-1 Berlin, Germany
  • Straßenfest, Folsom Europe 2004, Berlin, Germany
  • Stereo @ O2, London
  • Hustlaball @ Krave, Las Vegas, NV
  • Hustlaball Afterparty @ Gipsy, Las Vegas, NV
  • Hustlaball / Folsom Europe Float, CSD, Berlin
  • VIP Tent @ Big Gay Out, London
  • Straßenfest, Folsom Europe 2005, Berlin, Germany
  • Project Pig (Folsom Europe Closing) , Berlin, Germany
  • SAGE nightclub, Berlin, Germany
  • Playgrounds @ LeatherPride, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Club Jackie @ Turnmills, London
  • Massive Mix, Power 92.7FM, San Francisco
  • Full Fetish @ The Hoist, London
  • Kink @ Sub101, Manchester, UK
  • Load @ Crash, London
  • Naughty Party @ Caves de Curreghem, Brussels, Belgium
  • Hoist 10th Birthday, London, UK
  • Progress! , Paris, France
  • Fucking Bastards, Berlin, Germany
  • Purple '06 , Dallas Purple Party, Dallas, TX, USA
  • Hustlaball, CSD Street Parade, Berlin, Germany
  • LoveBall Opening Party, Barcelona, Spain
  • Rapido, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • LeatherWeekend, Hamburg, Germany
  • Club Alert, Manchester, UK
  • Black Party, Manfest, Manchester, UK
  • Straßenfest, Folsom Europe 2006, Berlin, Germany
  • Pig, Berlin, Germany
  • Naughty Love, Loveball Brussels, Belgium
  • Coca-Cola Enterprises Christmas Party, London, UK
  • Hustlaball Pool Party @ Alexis Park, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • Hustlaball VIP Lounge @ Krave, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • RoB Manchester Birthday, Manchester, UK
  • Black Exxtreme, Berlin, Germany
  • BLF @ Matrix, Berlin, Germany
  • Resurrection, Dallas, TX, USA
  • JIM, Zurich, Swizterland
  • Rudeboiz @ Lotus Club, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Bikernight & Mr Leather Italia, Rome, Italy
  • SLM, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Vibe @ Vox, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  • Fresh / Matinee, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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